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2008 NAIP Lessons learned SOUTH DAKOTA COLOR 1M TEXAS 4-band 1m

2008 NAIP Lessons learned SOUTH DAKOTA COLOR 1M TEXAS 4-band 1m. North West Group. Resources:. Team resources: 7 Cessna Conquest’s 9 ADS40-II SH52 sensors Used 2008 season (Peak): 7 Conquests 7 ADS40’s EarthData and Horizons assisted on data acquisition. South Dakota: Acquisition.

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2008 NAIP Lessons learned SOUTH DAKOTA COLOR 1M TEXAS 4-band 1m

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  1. 2008 NAIP Lessons learnedSOUTH DAKOTA COLOR 1MTEXAS 4-band 1m North West Group

  2. Resources: • Team resources: • 7 Cessna Conquest’s • 9 ADS40-II SH52 sensors • Used 2008 season (Peak): • 7 Conquests • 7 ADS40’s • EarthData and Horizons assisted on data acquisition 2008 NAIP - NWG

  3. South Dakota: Acquisition • Complete state coverage, 1m, color • 5992 DOQQ’s • 66 CCMS’s • Official season dates: • July 4 – August 1 • First flight: July 5th • Last flight: August 1st • 48 aircraft days on site • 27 acquisition flights • 56.25% of days on site were production days • Up to 4 aircraft on site at start of project 2008 NAIP - NWG

  4. South Dakota: Processing • Relative accuracy state • Processing went well except for one issue: • Delay waiting on camera calibration by Leica • Delayed a few counties by ~3 weeks • Caused by a late upgrade to SH52 and a bad initial calibration • CCM’s progressively delivered • Goal was weekly shipments • Delivery July 16 – September 6 • DOQQ’s delivered in 2 shipments • All delivered by September 12 2008 NAIP - NWG

  5. South Dakota: Problems • Some issues with the NAIP radiometric specs: • If we follow the specs on a DOQQ basis we end up with a patchwork quilt • If we apply spec to entire counties, clusters of counties, or state we get more even product from DOQQ to DOQQ but can’t hit the specs on every DOQQ • Our approach: • Computed the median contrast and luminance peak of the DOQQ’s in the state • Computed the difference between these median values and the NAIP mid-value of the contrast and luminance specs • Applied this correction to the DOQQ’s • Seemed like a good compromise to the problem 2008 NAIP - NWG

  6. Texas • Complete state coverage • 15310 DOQQ’s • 237 CCM’s • State divided into 5 seasons: • Last season opens ~Jan 1, 2009 • 1M, 4 Band products • Absolute control • Seam line shape files • TNRIS buy-up to 0.5M products • Also “raw” ortho strips for remote sensing • Stereo products, DSM generation • Data collected at 0.75M multispectral, 0.375M panchromatic • NAIP deliveries first, then TNRIS 2008 NAIP - NWG

  7. Texas: Control • 115 photo-ID points required • Because of TNRIS 0.5M up-sale and the desire for a more accurate product all new survey was done • TNRIS/TX-DOT provided the control required: • They did a great job! • Very little impact to delivery process – small impact to season 1 delivery and then they were ahead of the weather and data acquisition • Initial accuracy checks show in the 2M range 2008 NAIP - NWG

  8. Texas: Acquisition • 4 seasons completed • Good weather for season 1 but our luck ran out! • First flight: April 29, 2008 • Last flight: October 18, 2008 • 573 aircraft days on site • 148 acquisition flights • 25.8% days on site were production days • Up to 7 aircraft on site 2008 NAIP - NWG

  9. Texas: Processing (NAIP) • Processing went well but lots of delays waiting on reflights: • Often had 1000’s of DOQQ’s waiting on reflights to complete several counties • CCM’s progressively delivered: • Goal was weekly shipments • June 5th – November 5th delivery • All DOQQ’s delivered by next week • Tape drives are churning…. • Seam line shape file creation was streamlined over last year but can still be challenging 2008 NAIP - NWG

  10. Texas: Processing Problems (1) • Issues with the 4 band product: • We used the LizardTech GeoExpress (7.0) compressor to create the JPEG2000 files: • Lots of testing/tweaking/cursing/hair-pulling to get it to actually work in production • NAIP color specs based off luminance which doesn’t account for the NIR band • We adjusted red/green/blue to fit specs and left NIR band alone • 4 band mosaics are still an issue: • A good seam line for color product isn’t always the right seam line for a good FCIR product • JPEG2000 mosaic size limitations: • Often mosaics larger than 2.5GB can’t be loaded at USDA • Not a problem with MG3 format in the past • We reduced our max JPEG2000 CCM size to ~2GB • Caused the need for several CCM’s to be re-submitted 2008 NAIP - NWG

  11. Resale's to reduce USDA prices • A few interesting data resale’s: • California 2005 data reprocessed to 1m FCIR ortho and panchromatic and color stereo products • Our online sales division (Valtus Imagery Services) is purchasing NAIP data flown by other vendors to full-fill customer demands: • PA, LA so far • Order for 11 more states just placed • The sales opportunity is the service of seamless delivery of data into the clients applications • We go after the states where we have active resale opportunities by offsetting our NAIP pricing • More lead-time on knowing what states means more time to anchor opportunities and bring USDA price down • NAIP is the “anchor sale” 2008 NAIP - NWG

  12. Suggestions for next year? • Consider same states to a vendor for multi-year contracts: • We don’t want Texas again but….. • Some efficiencies gained as control and DEM doesn’t need to be re-prepped • Better able to negotiate fuel and hotel rates for multi-years • Better able to negotiate resale opportunities early enough to impact NAIP pricing • Anything to enlarge the season is a win for everyone! • Clarify radiometric specs in 4-band context and DOQQ, county, or state wide averaging • Would like to see another media option for DOQQ deliveries: • SDLT-160 drives are getting hard to find • On states like TX DOQQ tape creation is a significant cost • Even a newer tape drive spec would be helpful (SDLT600, LTO4, etc) • Faster, more data on a tape, more reliable • Fire wire/USB drives would be preferable 2008 NAIP - NWG

  13. Questions? • We appreciate the opportunity to participate in the NAIP program and to present today • For more info please contact: Marc Simard (marc.simard@nwgeo.com) John Welter (john.welter@nwgeo.com) 2008 NAIP - NWG

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